Amblyomma naponense (Packard, 1869)

Benavides-Montaño, Javier Antonio, Betancourt-Echeverri, Jesus Antonio, Valencia, Gustavo López & Mesa-Cobo, Nora Cristina, 2022, A review of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Colombia: The risk of tick-borne diseases, Persian Journal of Acarology 11 (3), pp. 397-437 : 406

Amblyomma naponense (Packard, 1869)

It is distributed in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Equador, Guyana, French Guiana, Panama, Peru, Surinam and Venezuela ( Onofrio et al. 2006). It parasitizes ungulates and Xenarthra ( Onofrio et al. 2006; Voltzit 2007). This species has been reported on peccary, Pecari angulatus bangsi , from Rio Boquerón, a region from Panama ( Osorno-Mesa 1942). In Colombia, it has been found in the Raposo river (Buenaventura-Valle del Cauca) parasitizing Heteromys australis (spiny pocket mouse), Pecari , a genus of mammals in the peccary family, Tayassuidae , in addition to Didelphis marsupialis and Myrmecophaga ( Wramc 1998; Lopez 2017).